Anaerobic co-digestion of recalcitrant agricultural wastes: Characterizing of biochemical parameters of digestate and its impacts on soil ecosystem

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 586, Issue , 2017, Pages 746-752

  Muscolo, Adele ^a   Settineri, Giovanna ^a   Papalia, Teresa ^a   Attinà, Emilio ^a   Basile, Carmelo ^b   Panuccio, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b Coop Fattoria della Piana Soc Agr ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biogas production; Carbon stock; Digestate quality; Soil ecosystem functioning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOGAS; BIOMASS; BODY FLUIDS; BYPRODUCTS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDSTOCKS; FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MANURES; SOILS; STRAW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATERWORKS;

ANAEROBIC CO-DIGESTION; BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; CARBON STOCKS; DIGESTATE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; SOIL ECOSYSTEMS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

CATALASE; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC FERTILIZER; PHENOL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; BIOFUEL; CARBON; ENZYME;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOENERGY; FOOD WASTE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CITRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; HUMIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ITALY; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLIVE; SILAGE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; STRAW; WHEY; AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EUROPE;

CITRUS; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFUELS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMES; EUROPE; MANURE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 85012908069     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.051     Document Type: Article

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